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Rollability Tips

Ergonomic considerations are always top of mind. As the U.S. workforce ages and workmen's compensation costs climb, selecting a caster with high rollability is a smart choice to reduce stress on joints, prevent back injuries, and better accommodate staff. Wheel size is the single biggest factor in rollability. Larger wheels are easier to push or pull under load. Test data is available to determine what size and tread type is best for any given load and ergonomic parameters.

Capacity Selection Tips

Be sure to add the weight of the cart, trailer, or AGV in addition to the weight of the load. Also consider the possibility of overload, shock loading, abuse or poor floor conditions into your calculation. Then it may seem obvious to divide the maximum load weight by four casters, but this can lead to heavy miscalculations. Why? Because most loads don't maintain an even weight across the length and width of the vehicle. An off-center load could overload even the most durable casters.

Shock Loading Tips

Shock loading occurs when a load is dropped onto the trailer. Or when a rig rolls over a bump, like a concrete joint, door jam, dock plate or leveler. In some cases, shock loading can force a wheel to bear more than three times the weight of the load.

Operating Environment Tips

Where is it rolling? Environmental conditions must be considered when choosing a caster or wheel. For example, if excessive noise is an issue, Hamilton offers quiet-rolling wheels with high load capacities. Extremely hot or cold applications may require special caster and wheel materials, and bearing lubricants, to withstand the conditions.

Abuse Tips

Abuse takes a toll on casters. We like to believe that everyone uses them as intended, but we also understand that's not always the reality. Sometimes workers move too quickly, take short cuts, or even take out frustrations on them. Keep this in mind when selecting equipment.

The Effects on Floors

Poor floor conditions can cause a caster or wheel to fail, but don't underestimate the effect wheels can have on floors, too. Very hard wheels, such as cast iron or forged steel, roll easily and carry higher capacities than resilient tread wheels. But, they can damage concrete floors and lead to costly repairs.

Rollability Tips

Ergonomic considerations are always top of mind. As the U.S. workforce ages and workmen's compensation costs climb, selecting a wheel with high rollability is a smart choice to reduce stress on joints, prevent back injuries, and better accommodate staff. Wheel size is the single biggest factor in rollability. Larger wheels are easier to push or pull under load. Test data is available to determine what size and tread type is best for any given load and ergonomic parameters.

Capacity Selection Tips

Be sure to add the weight of the cart, trailer, or AGV in addition to the weight of the load. Also consider the possibility of overload, shock loading, abuse or poor floor conditions into your calculation. Then it may seem obvious to divide the maximum load weight by four wheels, but this can lead to heavy miscalculations. Why? Because most loads don't maintain an even weight across the length and width of the vehicle. An off-center load could overload even the most durable wheels.

Shock Loading Tips

Shock loading occurs when a load is dropped onto the trailer. Or when a rig rolls over a bump, like a concrete joint, door jam, dock plate or leveler. In some cases, shock loading can force a wheel to bear more than three times the weight of the load.

Operating Environment Tips

Where is it rolling? Environmental conditions must be considered when choosing a wheel. For example, if excessive noise is an issue, Hamilton offers quiet-rolling wheels with high load capacities. Extremely hot or cold applications may require special wheel materials, and bearing lubricants, to withstand the conditions.

Abuse Tips

Abuse takes a toll on wheels. We like to believe that everyone uses them as intended, but we also understand that's not always the reality. Sometimes workers move too quickly, take short cuts, or even take out frustrations on them. Keep this in mind when selecting equipment.

The Effect on Floors

Poor floor conditions can cause a wheel to fail, but don't underestimate the effect wheels can have on floors, too. Very hard wheels, such as cast iron or forged steel, roll easily and carry higher capacities than resilient tread wheels. But, they can damage concrete floors and lead to costly repairs.

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Nobody narrates Hamilton success stories better than our customers

Day in and day out, they toil tirelessly to make sure we’re delivering for our customers. It’s not about exceeding expectations. That’s so 2015. It’s about shocking expectations.

So we want to accomplish a couple things with this post:

We want to honor our team’s hard work and dedication by listing just a few of the many satisfied customer comments we get through our customer surveys, which are sent out with every order completion.

Due to a record-breaking deluge of recent orders, we want our customers to know that our lead time on non-stock items is longer than we’d like—5 to 6 weeks (that’s still better than the competition, which appears to average 6 to 8 weeks). Please know that we are hard at work to fulfill all our orders with the same quality and attention to detail you expect below.

Praise for our inside sales team:

“As always, the staff knows exactly what they are talking about and are there to help…These days that's hard to find.”

“Due to a sudden change in our Customer's schedule, we needed to expedite a partial and the Hamilton team was right there for us. Thank you.”

“We have gone through a lot of cheap casters over the years, but the Hamilton ones last at least 10x as long—not sure since we haven't had one fail yet.”

“I worked on the phone with customer service late in the afternoon, trying to get the shipment out the same day. It was handled with ease, and extremely professionally. Everything worked as hoped, and the communication of the events was excellent.”

“We were quoted 1-2 weeks and we put the order in the Friday before Thanksgiving- the order arrived at the customer on the last day of the month without any expedited shipping. Hamilton is TOP of the list from now on for any casters our location needs!”

“I really got a sense of quality and commitment from start to finish.”

***Bonus comments***

On our survey, one of the final questions we ask is, “What products should Hamilton Caster consider offering in the future?” Here are some of our favorite responses.